DWI charge
Police responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision in the area of Triangle Road and Route 206 on April 15. Police said they approached the driver of one vehicle, Daniel Stryker, 40, of Middlesex, and told him to stay in the car while they went to the other vehicle. Stryker allegedly stepped from his vehicle, stumbled and attempted to cross Triangle Road. Police told him to get back into the vehicle, which he did. Police noticed that Stryker had a yellow substance over his lips, mouth and teeth. When police asked for his driver’s license, registration and insurance, Stryker allegedly handed over a store rewards card and several miniature children’s books. While police were speaking to another officer, Stryker suddenly got out of his vehicle, fell to the pavement and began dragging himself backwards across the road. Police stopped him, and Stryker was transported to Somerset Medical Center. He was charged with careless driving, suspended license and DWI.

DWI charge
Christopher Cazares, 31, of Somerset was charged with DWI on April 17 after police allegedly stopped him on Route 206. Cazares, when stopped, allegedly had a bottle in a brown bag on the front passenger seat of the vehicle. Cazares was also charged with having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle and failure to keep right.

Wrong license
Police stopped Joseph Tomaro, 56, of Hillsborough on April 9 traveling west on Amwell Road after noticed that Tomaro had an expired inspection sticker on the windshield. Police asked Tomaro for his credentials, and he gave a driver’s license in which the photo did not appear to look like him. The photo in the license was a heavy-set, balding person with glasses. The driver appeared to be thin, not balding and not wearing glasses. Police noticed the passenger in the car, which looked like the man in the license. The driver admitted he was untruthful and that the license belonged to the passenger, his brother, Anthony Tomaro, 59, of Raritan Borough. Joseph Tomaro was charged with failure to inspect, driving while suspended and hindering apprehension. Anthony Tomaro was charged with hindering.

Assault and disorderly conduct
David Bednar, 19, of Hillsborough was charged with two counts of simple assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest on April 3. Police responded to a house on Manor Drive on that date for a report of a fight in progress. When they arrived, a man who observed police started to run, and police chased him through townhouse units. The male, Christopher Ruhl, 19, of Hillsborough was observed to be disheveled with his shirt ripped and dirt-stained. According to police, he had blood on his knuckles and blood spots on his arms. He started to square up on a police officer and act in a disorderly manner, and was arrested.

Police walked to the back sliding glass door of the residence in question on Manor Drive; upon walking, two people quickly ran out of the room. Bednar stepped outside and met with police on the back patio. Bednar was also disheveled and had a cut above his right eye, and he had some scratching to his face, arms and hands. Bednar was uncooperative when answering questions, police said. Police said they needed to wrestle Bednar to the ground to arrest him. Bednar cursed and threatened while police escorted him to a patrol car.